à contre-jour

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a kɔ̃.tʁə.ʒuʁ/

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Adverb

à contre-jour

1. backlit
2. (idiomatic) in darkness, in the dark
   • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:

     Les rideaux de la maison restaient tirés en permanence. Nous vivions à contre-jour.

     The blinds were permanently pulled down. We lived in darkness.